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Create a keyboard shortcut to enable Private Browsing in Safari

Apple was among the first to include a private browsing option in a web browser, but they have yet to make it easily accessible with a keyboard shortcut. Let’s pick up the slack and do it ourselves! For those who are unfamiliar with Safari’s Private Browsing…

Create a keyboard shortcut to enable Private Browsing in Safari
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Mac browser showdown: Multi-Touch gestures in Safari vs. Firefox

Those big, spacious trackpads on Apple’s recent notebooks were built for fancy finger maneuvers. It just so happens that the two main Mac internet browsers – Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox – were built the same way. Although a…

Mac browser showdown: Multi-Touch gestures in Safari vs. Firefox
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Glims: Awesome multi-function plugin for Apple’s Safari browser

Although Safari isn’t quite as expandable as Mozilla’s Firefox, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some fantastic plugins which can drastically improve its browsing capabilities. One such example is Glims — a free plugin packed with useful features. It’s not..

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Use Safari’s SnapBack feature and say goodbye to the Back button

We’ve all grown accustomed to using the Back button in our web browser to navigate back to a previously viewed web page. Throw that habit out the window and check out SnapBack in Apple’s Safari. Have you ever wondered what that tiny orange…

Use Safari\'s SnapBack feature and say goodbye to the Back button
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21 Apple Safari internet browsing tips and productivity boosters

Others may disagree, but I believe Apple’s Safari is the best internet browser available for the Mac. For starters, it’s blazing fast and has a great minimalist user interface. With this list of 21 Safari tips & productivity boosters, you can take…

21 Apple Safari internet browsing tips and productivity boosters
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Watch & download high definition YouTube videos on your Mac

YouTube, the world’s most popular video-sharing website, has recently introduced the ability to upload 720p high definition videos. Here’s how you can view and — even better — download them to keep on your Mac. Traditionally, the video quality…

Watch & download high definition YouTube videos on your Mac
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Spell-check in a snap using Mac OS X’s contextual menus

One of the key productivity tools I use on a daily basis is the dynamic spell-checker built into the contextual menus of many Apple-made applications. Say you’re typing a document in a text editor such as Pages or TextEdit and you happen…

Spell-check in a snap using Mac OS X\'s contextual menus
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